Taiwan Presidential Candidate Vows
To Increase Contacts With China

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Few politicians in Taiwan infuriate Beijing as much as President Lee Teng-hui, whom China's state-controlled press has derided as a traitor, a liar and "an ant."

But Chen Shui-bian might even top Mr. Lee. The presidential nominee from Taiwan's biggest opposition party agrees with Mr. Lee that Taiwan's relations with China should be conducted on a "state-to-state" basis. But whereas Mr. Lee holds...